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Terry Goode


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well started on the rod that will have the invisible wrap on it, man i dont want to screw this up.

So far i have 2 eyes wrapped, boy is this silk thread thin and its hard to tell if a thread has overlapped another thread.  but then if the thread is invisible who will know - right ?, heheh.

The wife suggest i take a break after 2 hrs of cussing  wrapping and rewrapping so we went to our little biker bar down the street, i got to see people i havent seen in a very long time and enjoyed the evening.

Needless to say i did not resume the wrapping hehehe.beer.gif

Anybody doing any thing neat on there next rod?

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Update !

all the eyes are wrapped "loose" and ready for the gut nashing application of the magic epoxy.

should know today if i start over or if i proceed to finish out the grip.

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smile good luck Terry, persistance pays off

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Update (bad news)

well i applied the thinned flex coat like i did on the red rod ( this blank is a black) or i thought so!

from the first application on each eye the silk AND the rod, the flex coat turned them a funkie iridescent blue and not a very pretty blue either.

so i am going to let it set for a while till i cool off and figure out whether i wrap over them with something or cut all of them off and do something else.

am wondering now if its the rod coating(paint) that also gave me problems with the grease stick marker .

you cant see it to well in the pic but its there.


-- Edited by Terry Goode on Tuesday 13th of April 2010 04:41:43 PM

-- Edited by Terry Goode on Tuesday 13th of April 2010 04:44:23 PM

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Yeah Terry,

What ever the blank was finished with sure didn't like the solvent in the epoxy.

BUMMER

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Terry-
Have you tried coating the wraps with Permagloss? I think you could use permagloss to get the wraps to disappear and then once it's dry, coat with epoxy.... just a thought...

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Terry Goode


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Kevin indicated that it is a basic problem with "dark" blanks and after thinking about it for a while blue is one of the colors that makes up black.

i may try a simple under wrap or i'll get it even if i haft to paint it .

and what the heck it will just make the rod a bit on the stiffer side and thats not all bad.

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